Mark, Ive suspected Imbe may be the best rootstock for Luc's in CA since it likes the drier conditions. A friend on dry side of the Big Island tops his 20 year old Imbe thicket to 4 FT every year for increased fruit production. I only have 2 year old seedlings from his Imbe , but it's had me thinking. Your experience further's this line of thought for me.

I didnt want to start a new thread but if that was the right thing then I can delete this and start one.

I got some scions of the premium Mexican from Raul for grafting.I kept 3 and passed the rest on to friends. I put all 3 on G. intermedia.One browned at the top and is likely a goner.One stayed green with no change, may still be a take. Watching.The third appears to be pushing. Its early yet, I will keep an eye on it and report progress.Stoked. Anyone else has an experience to share?

I grafted several scions from Raul on May2016 (2 years ago). Some on Luc's Garcinias and some on achachairu. About 80% of scions took well and are still fine, but growth has been really slow, just a couple of flushes a year on the grafted scions, much slower than regular luc's garcinia. Only time will tell if grafts produce faster than the ungrafted trees. F.

I grafted a couple from that same batch in 2016 to my in the ground Imbe, and one of the grafts is over 3 feet tall now. My in the ground Imbes are over 10 feet tall so that might be the best rootstock for the Luc's.

very interesting! I have a 3ft imbe in the ground, I'm going to try to graft a piece of Luc's graft growth on the Imbe and try to compare to growth in achachairu. Thanks.

The flowers on mine are all over the ground underneath my Luc's Garcia after a week of howling wind. I was wondering if it is too small and young for fruiting but noticed this morning 2 fruit a little over 1cm are hanging on tenaciously. Maybe I will be in luck yet. My two others of the same age and size and much larger older one are comparative 'ass-draggers' with no sign of action.

How long does it take for these to germinate? I have had them in soil for about three weeks now and have not seen any signs of germination. One of the seeds looked like it was germinating before I planted it but have not seen anything come above the soil.

I hope I haven't been over watering them. I have them under some tree canopy and a shade cloth above them so they don;t get any direct sun but still see filtered light. I mist the soil surface with a garden sprayer every morning. Fingers crossed!

How long does it take for these to germinate? I have had them in soil for about three weeks now and have not seen any signs of germination. One of the seeds looked like it was germinating before I planted it but have not seen anything come above the soil.

I hope I haven't been over watering them. I have them under some tree canopy and a shade cloth above them so they don;t get any direct sun but still see filtered light. I mist the soil surface with a garden sprayer every morning. Fingers crossed!

I had 10 out of 10 germinate. Some took about a month and others took 2-3 months.I recently started germinating G. braziliensis seeds and put 6 in pots and left 4 in a baggiewith damp vermiculite. So far two germinated in the baggie in about 6 weeks and I put in pots. I have some more Luc's Garcinia seeds and I think I am going to leave them in a baggiewith damp vermiculite. So far every garcinia seed I have ever attempted to germinate has evenG. dulcis in the cool winter. They took 3-4 months but 6 out of 6 germinated. Now if I can figureout how to make them grow fast.

The other is brown on the top by green about 3 inches from the union down. I have left it on but assume it too will likely not survive. I hold out hope because it is green past a set of nodes. The top is dead though. The root stock pushed new growth from just below the graft.You might be able to see the graft behind the new growth in this picture.

The third did well and took. The first leaves were tiny, the second flush a little more reasonably sized.The grafts were on branches of the same G Intermedia.Pictures taken a few minutes ago.

Grafted in june 2016, var. prolific from Raul. Not sure, but maybe first fruitlet in Europe? Did only about 2-3 growth flushes before flowering, I missed the flower stage as it was in the corner in greenhouse and I was just going to check it as it havent made any new growth for a quite long, now I know why...

Grafted in june 2016, var. prolific from Raul. Not sure, but maybe first fruitlet in Europe? Did only about 2-3 growth flushes before flowering, I missed the flower stage as it was in the corner in greenhouse and I was just going to check it as it havent made any new growth for a quite long, now I know why...

Wow! That is very small to be fruiting already. How old is that plant?

Grafted in june 2016, var. prolific from Raul. Not sure, but maybe first fruitlet in Europe? Did only about 2-3 growth flushes before flowering, I missed the flower stage as it was in the corner in greenhouse and I was just going to check it as it havent made any new growth for a quite long, now I know why...

Wow! That is very small to be fruiting already. How old is that plant?

I think the key is in grafting scions from an adult tree, just as happen with mangoes, litchis and many others fruit trees. The results of sanitarium seem to point is worth grafting this slow trees to save the long waiting of seedlings. Really good news if similar results from other members proves this hypothesis right.

I think the key is in grafting scions from an adult tree, just as happen with mangoes, litchis and many others fruit trees. The results of sanitarium seem to point is worth grafting this slow trees to save the long waiting of seedlings. Really good news if similar results from other members proves this hypothesis right.

Well, here it is. Found it on the ground this afternoon- yard guys were here in the morning so not sure if they knocked it off. It had stopped growing and color changed on the tree, so it was at least close to ready even if they did inadvertently knock it down.

It is smaller than I had hoped- I plan on waiting at least a few days until I try it.